Willow Y. Justin
Portland,USA
Summary
I am a dedicated Computer Science educator with a solid academic background and hands-on teaching experience. I excel at creating and delivering courses that cater to diverse learning styles, ensuring all students have the tools to succeed. I’m passionate about helping students achieve their academic and career goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Instructor
Code Ninjas
11.2022 - 07.2023
- Mentored students aged 5 to 14 in JavaScript and Scratch programming through interactive game development
- Guided and supported students through coding quests, providing alternate explanations and assisting with frustrations during game building
- Conducted quizzes, assessed skill levels, and helped students earn achievements to progress through the course
- Addressed students' questions about Code Ninjas' game-based curriculum
- Tracked students' progress by grading games and provided constructive feedback
- Provided verbal feedback to parents during pickup/drop-offs, ensuring understanding of their child's learning and progress
- Organized a birthday celebration LAN party for 15 children, handling hardware and software troubleshooting
- Collaborated with a passionate team of fellow instructors, enhancing the overall learning experience
- Ensured smooth opening/closing duties daily and managed the classroom setting effectively
- Reported weekly to the center owner and center manager on day-to-day activities, accomplishments and class productivity
Instructional Student Assistant
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
02.2020 - 06.2022
- Gave a lecture as a CS undergraduate TA regarding MLA and IEEE format
- Worked as an undergraduate grader for on-campus and remote Zoom classes
- Graded students' assignments for class sizes ranging from 33 to 79 students
- Provided written feedback on undergraduate students' assignments, exams, and projects
- Reported to the professor regarding students' progress and generated overall grading reports with analysis
- Collaborated with other student assistants on grading assignments
- Monitored students during exams
IT Specialist/Master Data Analyst
Troy-CSL Lighting
11.2018 - 05.2019
- Wrote SQL queries and ensured data accuracy using SAP Business One through Microsoft SQL server
- Worked with a large dataset: 130 columns for more than 65,000 items
- Designed customized item creation templates based on the needs of production, purchasing, and customer service departments
- Used SAP DTW Master Data Application to update all 65,000 items
- Collaborated with the purchasing, customer service, and warehouse departments to reduce processing time for part number creation requests
- Created and documented custom software for CK-3X barcode scanners, including detailed graphical explanations and notes
- Collaborated with professionals nationwide and trained warehouse team on new scanner interface
- Performed hardware and software installation and troubleshooting for laptops, desktops, printers, and scanners
Market Research Analyst
Soho Apparel Group Inc
03.2014 - 02.2018
- Managed the company's Halloween booth at Westfield Santa Anita Mall, driving daily foot traffic of 50 customers and earning recognition as the top sales contributor on the team
- Analyzed weekly company routing reports, and organized monthly financial and inventory reports for CEO
- Managed 50,000 plus items inventory database and created sales and purchase orders in Quickbooks for multiple client companies, including Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, dd's DISCOUNTS and Marshalls
- Conducted high volume of outbound and inbound phone calls daily, addressing inquiries related to purchasing, sales, and logistics
- Collaborated with sales and production departments between Mainland China and US to ensure product flow and supply
- Arranged logistics for domestic and international buyers' meetings
Website Design Intern
Hollenbeck Youth Center
06.2013 - 11.2013
- Redesigned the UI for the 'We Are Inner-City Games Los Angeles' website, increasing traffic by 34%
- Collaborated on a team which migrated the 'Hollenbeck Youth Center' website code to WordPress
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA12.2023
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA12.2013
Skills
- JavaScript
- HTML
- Python
- C
- Java
- SQL
- AWS
- Agile
- QuickBooks
- SAP Business One
- SAP ERP
- SAP SCM
Certification
SAP Certified Consultant - Business Foundation & Integration 01/2014
Academic Project Experiences
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena 12/2019 – 02/2020
Visiting Student Researcher, US 347T Robotic Mobility Group
- Worked with researchers who design software for autonomous robots for planetary surface and subsurface exploration, with a focus on the NeBula project. Emphasized on the PowerPoint (PPT) slides.
- Participated in CoSTAR team group meetings to prepare for the NeBula project presentation.
- Studied the past DARPA Subterranean Challenge competitions.
Pasadena City College, Pasadena 10/2018 – 06/2019
Project Manager, Special Project, PCC NASA Fourth Annual Swarmathon Competition
- Managed student teams ranging from 3 to 26 students to program the Swarmie robot prototype in simulated Mars environments using Ubuntu Linux.
- Arranged weekly Saturday meetings, worked with the technical team leader to plan strategies, and assigned tasks to the PCC Swarmathon team.
- Made the top 4 rank for the Fourth National Mission to Mars Virtual Game Competition.
HackCC – First Hackathon for Community College at Santa Monica College: 11/2014
- Created a Bluetooth thermostat controlled by a mobile app with a team partner.
- Assembled hardware components, and wrote C++ Arduino code to control a small LCD display.
- Top 7 winning team among 180 attendees.
Conference Presentations
ES4AL: A Website for Effectiveness Study for Algorithm Learning in Computer Science. In-person paper presentation at the 2024 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (CSCE'24), Luxor(MGM), Las Vegas, USA. 07/2024
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Lead Instructor
Code Ninjas
11.2022 - 07.2023
Instructional Student Assistant
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
02.2020 - 06.2022
IT Specialist/Master Data Analyst
Troy-CSL Lighting
11.2018 - 05.2019
Market Research Analyst
Soho Apparel Group Inc
03.2014 - 02.2018
Website Design Intern
Hollenbeck Youth Center
06.2013 - 11.2013
Master of Science - Computer Science
California State Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Southern California
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